The Corrigan Cast
By Brendan Corrigan
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Description
The Corrigan Cast, by Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan, takes a unique, usually light-hearted look at various aspects of life in Colombia and the region in general, as well as current affairs around the world. It makes for (usually!) fun, interesting listening!
The Corrigan Cast's predecessor, The Colombia Cast, can be found at: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-colombia-cast.
Donations to the cause are always welcome!
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Colombia and a few of my favourite things
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Tech it or leave it
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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After interactive intoxication, comes social media moderation
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Appreciating Colombia's approach to health and safety
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Too much of a nice guy — to the wrong people
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Asking good questions — and dealing with uncomfortable answers
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Our tops and flops of 2024
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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The mainstream media's bullshit problem
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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San José del Guaviare: Colombia's best department capital?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The mild rover
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Cop on, Colombia, for biodiversity's sake
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Fending off irrelevance in the Artificial Intelligence Age
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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La Chorrera in Colombia's Amazon: Bloody past, insecure present
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Google/Gulag Blogger's faceless, unaccountable, cowardly censors. What are they afraid of?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Pacific Puerto Asís
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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US democracy drags on. But decorum is dead
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Apartments of pain, cafés (and panaderías) of creativity
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Shunning la Selección Colombia
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Respite from uncertainty (and Migración Colombia's online system!) with residency
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Round by round we go. Oh no!
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Chasing the media dragon: The raison d'être
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Life imitating art of Los 39, minus the bloodshed
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May 16, 2024 |
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The pernicious pull of the black hole that is film & TV
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May 04, 2024 |
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On comma ground: Where the US English team stands firm
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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More artificial intelligence, less human intelligence
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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A pet hate
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Colombia's San Juan de Rioseco: Only its river runs (almost!) dry
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Boosting dental health
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Merging a life vacation with a vocation: Overcoming Social Studies Syndrome
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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An act of good
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Fly on through the turbulence — there is no better alternative
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Without the pain, the pleasures are plain (and enslaving)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Hell yeah or no?! It's a no, so!
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Dawn of the downsizers
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Goodbye Nanny State! Hello Overbearing Mother Society (it's beginning to look a lot like China!)
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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A little blue in the green, green grass of Ireland
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Seventh heaven: Seven benefits of living in Colombia
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Free love and sexual fluidity: Queer today, gay tomorrow
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Yes Güicán! But you just can't touch the snow-capped mountains | Magical Colombia!
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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'An alcoholic?! Me?! No way!'
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Colombia's credit contradiction
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Less stress, less success in these idle times
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Cartagena: A costly Colombian Caribbean city but more relaxed than I'd remembered
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Colombia's plebeian transport: A riveting ride
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Tight times ahead with no respite in sight — we ain't seen nothing yet
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Exacting revenge
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Fattening up our future health problems with ultra-processed foods
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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In need of some peace and quiet? Sleepy Somondoco is the place to go to
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Bogged down in Bogotá
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Video version of IQuiz "The Bogotá Pub Quiz", edition LXII: What a Juuune! | Give it a go!
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Fiendish frenemies: The toxicity of ambivalent relationships
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Drink-from-home boozers: Take to the tiendas instead!
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Making the bell toll for us while we still can | What's rung is rung!
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May 30, 2023 |
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Not so gaga for physical footy: Time to nip it in the rib?!
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May 18, 2023 |
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The panadería's pudgy pauper: Is a boy's begging for bread killing him softly?
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May 11, 2023 |
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Little thirst to teach English in these thinking times | Any chance of a few pennies for my thoughts?!
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May 04, 2023 |
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Still chasing that dragon. Don't dream it's over!
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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A Boyacá fruit route: Tierra Negra-Nuevo Colón-Turmequé
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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The quiet man conquereth (beware the quiet ones)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Benign smartphone use: My message to BBC Radio 5 Live, thanks to my phone!
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Find a way or fade away: But is the end nigh for the age of the wage slave?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Chasing Zetaquirá's waterfalls — from hot to cold
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Tourism cancer
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Agents of short-change
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Rewarding the reckless
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Living with unsettled and unsettling questions
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Abandoning the beer standard
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Focusing on filling the glass
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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A shout-out to Sutamarchán
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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The care necessities: Dealing with old age
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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A Pauna cracker: Somewhat satisfying and not too dry
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Finding that savoury spot between feasting and fasting
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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The Wrong Way "hits" of 2022
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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BBC Radio 5 Live Christmas message
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Lending Migración Colombia a helping hand
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Unattended bags on buses? Not a problem in Colombia
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Hypocrite World Cup: Everyone's a winner
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The digital dystopia
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The just-how-it-is society
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The calm of La Palma (when music's not blaring, that is!)
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Everlasting love?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The bellicose side to biking in Bogotá, worsened by the snooty "e-scooterers"
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Audio blog | Grupo Vanti's vanity: 'The customer is rarely right'
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's clothes-in-the-window bane
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Audio blog | San Luis de Gaceno: Going its own way
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Easygoing El Peñon. But is Topaipí tops?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Hooked on the BBC (or CCP if you will)
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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And now for something a little different ...
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The liberal illusion
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Colombia on the fringes
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The Bogotá curse
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Return of the peripatetic preceptor and the languid language learners
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Decluttering discussion with Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5 Live
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The WhatsApp voice messages of wrath
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Audio blog: 'Death to dissenters. It's for your own good.'
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Audio blog: A pleasant Villanueva vibe
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's foreign "saviours"
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Conservative Colombia left in the cold — for now
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Making ends meet in Colombia
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Set on singlehood
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Audio blog | Saboyá, Boyacá A rare hotel less Colombian town
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Bogotá's biking blues
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May 23, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's aggressive-driver mentality
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May 05, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Paths to cleaner living
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Audio blog | Colombia decides: Go with Gutiérrez or plump for Petro?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Audio blog: A balmier (and wetter) side to Boyacá
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Drunk almost to death on the culture wars
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Running frantically to a more troubled life
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Leo Varadkar: Visa-free travel to Ireland for Colombians | 'New generation' Boric encouraging
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Feigning understanding. Who cares anyway?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Audio blog: In awe of the strongman
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Tibaná time
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Audio blog: The West "woke" to its demise
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Lest we forget
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Never-ending solo searching
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Audio blog: A reinvigorated fun police
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Gachetá if you can
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Addicted to a prescribed life
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Covid-19, anti-vaxxers & immunity: My chat with Noel D. Walsh on Shannonside Northern Sound
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Audio blog: As Bog(otá)-standard as it gets
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Audio blog: Wrong Way's tops and flops of 2021
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Cosying up to Cúcuta
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Ten-up, a decade of 'Wrong Way Corrigan — The Blog'
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The Great Resignation
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The case for non-pharmaceutical covid defences
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The thuggish thief, a growing problem for Colombia?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The barrio banker
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Audio blog: These boots aren't made for walkin'
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Happy in Jenesano
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Rocking in the fear world
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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Audio blogs: Cry me a perico — adiós to a Bogotá addiction
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Audio blog: "Essential" Colombian expressions to help you through the day
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The vaccine vexers
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Warning! Being true to yourself causes harm
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Audio blog: A series of unfortunate events — when Bogotá bites back
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Enticing extras, the siren call of our times
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Our freedom isn't being taken away — we never had it in the first place
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Audio blog: 'And your date of death is ...'
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Audio blog: OK, covid's not the flu. But it's not yellow fever, either
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Breaking up (with WhatsApp groups) ain't hard to do
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Scaling down survival mode
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Hold tight, the worst is yet to come
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Calling out the keyboard warriors
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Bogotá's Santandercito, keeping the satiated dullness at bay
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The Colombian compromise
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May 26, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The quieter side to Bogotá
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May 19, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Colombia — a system failure
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May 12, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Colombia, between a rock and a hard place
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May 06, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The case against covid vaccine passports
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May 05, 2021 |
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Audio blog: A dog's life in Colombia
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Along came a virus
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Hardening the hands and strengthening the mind with an honest day's work
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Swimming against the Big Tech tide
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The price of independence
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Growing up and taking responsibility
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Dealing with a sexed-up society
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Home is where the barrio is
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Colombia's Tourism Minister on covid supports, foreign visitors & Medellín's prostitution 'cancer'
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Daniel Coronell on dating Duque's sister, unmasking Uribe, Petro's problems & Vicky Dávila's Semana
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Dr Jay Bhattacharya on covid controls, vaccine priority, failing our elderly & Tony Fauci's myopia
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Why I won't be rushing to get a covid vaccine (audio blog)
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Comunes: Old Farc wanna live like common people (audio blog)
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Negative utilitarianism in coronavirus times (audio blog)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Trumpism: Why it won't go gentle into that good night (audio blog)
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Audio blog: The Great Reset
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Where's Archie? The case of Bogotá's Cuban cardiologist and the phantom smartphones
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Peter Hitchens on Anglican virtues, Japanese wisdom, lockdown lunacy, drug dopes & Venezuela
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Audio blog: 2021 — Reasons to be fearful
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Bogotá's Fraudia López
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Audio blog: Christening conservative Colombia
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Going coca loca down in Colombia with Ocean Malandra
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Wrong Way's Loser and Winner of the Year Awards
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Western leaders' crimes against humanity
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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The Viva Effect in Colombia and Latin America, with Rupert Stebbings
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Bogotá's cocaine barrios
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Broadening the horizons, both mentally and physically
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Inhaling the devil's breath in Colombia: A scopolamine nightmare
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Living with a destructive parasite
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Audio blog: 'Cry me a river?' 'Eh, no thanks'
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Christmas, the one thing that arrives early in Colombia
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Giovanni Figueroa: 'The absent father in the book could be a representation of the Colombian state'
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's tough love
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's Migración mess
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Colombian visa applications in coronavirus times, what you need to know, with Camilo Trujillo
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Caveat emptor with Colombia's Localiza
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Beware of the (Dominic) Wolf warrior, Cancillería de Colombia
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Adapting to tour-free living, upskilling & hopes for the future with Laura Vega
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Audio blog: No and behold in Colombia (and elsewhere!)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Colombia's independent work visa: ¿Vale la pena?
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Helpful today, harmful tomorrow
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Will Javier Ordóñez's death mark a turning point for Colombia?
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Democrats' Biden time strengthens Trump's card
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Cali-based coffee with a conscience
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Audio blog: 'God may be dead, but I want to live (for now)'
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Sanitising to death our future generations
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Opportunity in a crisis: A Bogotá "shoe-in" success story
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Audio blog: Carry on regardless, Colombia
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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An expat guide to having a baby in Colombia
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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Audio blog: It's war alright, but not as we know it
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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'Sam didn't seek recognition for his charity work at Casa Taller'
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Your Colombian visa questions answered
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Daniel Raisbeck: 'Colombia has never taken property rights seriously'
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Get up & go Colombia: Building peace through tourism
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Prof. Niall Ferguson: 'Colombia didn't have the capacity to do East Asia's smart coronavirus policies'
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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'The Colombian government has abandoned small businesses'
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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'Nobody knows when Colombian football will return'
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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'The sex-toy market is still largely taboo in Colombia'
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May 28, 2020 |
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'President Duque understands well the world of the creative economy'
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May 21, 2020 |
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'I won't miss being pointed at in Colombia because I don't look Caucasian'
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May 14, 2020 |
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Declan Ryan: 'Viva Air is in a good position, unlike Avianca'
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May 07, 2020 |
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IQuiz "The Bogotá Pub Quiz", Edition L
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May 01, 2020 |
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Leopoldo Fergusson: 'Colombia's tax code does nothing to level wealth distribution'
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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'Economically, we're buggered for the year'
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Douglas Lyon: 'I worry for the Venezuelans who can no longer go to Cúcuta for basic essentials'
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Kate Nash: 'My boyfriend and I talked seriously about living in Bogotá, it felt like such a good city'
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Coronavirus chronicles: Virus speaks out in world exclusive
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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The Irishman saving la Selección Colombia
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Mar 26, 2020 |